"Beaconite" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Beaconites [plural]
Etymology: beacon + -ite Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|beacon|ite}} beacon + -ite Head templates: {{en-noun}} Beaconite (plural Beaconites)
  1. (historical) A supporter of English Quaker Isaac Crewdson and his book A Beacon to the Society of Friends, which claimed that too much emphasis was placed by Quakers on the Inner Light at the expense of Biblical authority. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Quakerism

Inflected forms

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